The NGRS is displayed on a laminated card

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Figure 3 The Numeric Graphic Rating Scale (NGRS)

• Instructions for administration
• This is a scale to measure depression.
• Please point to
  Indicates
• The Highest score should indicate 10
• The Mid-point should indicate 5
• The Lowest score should indicate 0
• The numbers show how depressed you feel.
• Indicate 0
• The bottom of the scale shows no depression.
• Indicate 10
• The top shows depression as bad as it can be.
• Pointing at each number in ascending order
• As you go from the bottom of the scale to the
  top, you can see that depression is becoming
  more and more severe.

The NGRS is displayed on a laminated card It
measures 10 cm, with numbered increments every 1
cm
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Figure 4 The Depression Intensity Scale Circles
(DISCs)

• Instructions for administration
• This is a scale to measure depression
• Please point to each of the circles in turn to
  make sure that you can see them all.
• The black circles show how depressed you feel.
• Indicate the clear circle at the bottom
• The bottom circle shows no depression.
• Indicate the fully shaded circle at the top
• The top circle shows depression as bad as it can
  be.
• Pointing at each circle in ascending order
• As you go from the bottom circle to the top, you
  can see that depression is becoming more and more
  severe.
• Which of these circles shows how depressed you
  feel today?
• To the administrator

• The DISCs is displayed on a laminated card.
• Each circle is 2 cm in diameter.
• The scale measures 15 cm from the centre of the
  bottom circle to the centre of the top circle.
• A pictorial version also available.